The Liu Province "Spirit Cauldron" had two handles and four legs, a square mouth, and images of mountains, rivers, states, and lands upon it. Within it, Liang Zhaohuang saw many scenes and vistas of Liu Province.
Purple qi swirled within the cauldron, pale-purple Human Way Destiny flowing through it, yet it occupied only about half the cauldron.
This represented that Liu Province's Human Way development was still far from sufficient.
Pale-purple Human Way Destiny could only support a third-rank clan; only once the destiny within had filled up and undergone a transformation into vermilion-purple could it support a clan's promotion to a second-rank clan; once it filled again and transformed once more into golden-purple Human Way Destiny, it could support a first-rank clan.
These were the Human Way Destiny requirements for clans advancing in rank.
Beyond that, there were also requirements of strength, foundations, merits, and more.
Naturally, cases like the Xie Family of Ying Province, which had been directly elevated by the Immortal Dynasty's central court and imperial house, were exceptions. The Immortal Dynasty's central court and imperial house needed to expend their own destiny, foundations, and so on to make up for the Xie Family's deficiencies.
At this moment, merely from the Human Way Destiny gathered within the Liu Province Spirit Cauldron, it was clear that the Liang Family still had no small distance to go before it could advance to a second-rank clan, and would need to make far greater efforts.
Liang Zhaohuang looked at the Liu Province Spirit Cauldron, thoughts turning in his heart, but he did not rashly extend his Spiritual Sense to inspect it.
He still remembered how, in the Spirit Cauldron Secret Realm of Ludong County, he had once tentatively probed the Ludong County Spirit Cauldron and glimpsed a portion of the "Spirit